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Abel, spelled differently [[אבל]], and so it is a pun, means 'meadow, plain, mourning, nevertheless, verily '. Compare: | Abel, spelled differently [[אבל]], and so it is a pun, means 'meadow, plain, mourning, nevertheless, verily '. Compare: | ||
* the voice of thy brother’s blood [[דמי]] crieth [[צעקים]] unto me from the ground [[האדמה]] | |||
* the voice of thy brothers's heart ( [[הבל]] the [[ה]] heart [[בל]] ) mourns [[הבל]] unto me from the plain or meadow [[הבל]]. | |||
:Ideas are expressed using different words: blood vs. heart, cry vs mourn, ground vs. plain, but the parallels of thought are connected. | :Ideas are expressed using different words: blood vs. heart, cry vs mourn, ground vs. plain, but the parallels of thought are connected. | ||
:We also can't miss that now that Abel is 'in the ground' the man 'adam' אדמ is in the ground האדמה or ה-אדמ-ה. | :We also can't miss that now that Abel is 'in the ground' the man 'adam' אדמ is in the ground האדמה or ה-אדמ-ה. | ||
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The substitution of an aleph א for the chet ח in Abel חבל creates a pun in the riddle. |
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▸ ± Ge 4:10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground. [{blood: Heb. bloods }] |
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Abel הנל was appropriately named: become vain, empty, breath, Abel. His life became vain when Cain slew him. [1] |
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Abel, spelled differently אבל, and so it is a pun, means 'meadow, plain, mourning, nevertheless, verily '. Compare:
Therefore we can say that all men cry out to God. [1] |
